Ron Johnson: Media pushing coronavirus ‘panic porn’

Published August 4, 2020 8:12am ET



Sen. Ron Johnson accused the media of sensationalizing the coronavirus and stoking fear into the public.

The Wisconsin Republican, who appeared on Steve Bannon’s War Room: Pandemic podcast on Monday, also touted hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug that has been promoted by President Trump and his allies as a treatment for COVID-19 patients despite a lack of scientific evidence to prove that the medication can treat the coronavirus.

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